Keep God Center

Some nights, I lay awake and I
Can't push these thoughts away
I'm worried where I'm gonna go,
Where I'm gonna be, are you gonna
Be there for me?
When it feels like the doors are closin',
Gotta trust that you're doin' somethin'
Come sun, come rainy day,
You are all I need

In the dark, in the light,
In the morning and night
In the good, in the hurt,
In the places I hide

When I rise, when I fall,
You'll be there through it all
At the start, at the end
In the center of, the center of it
~ Center of It - Chris August

Lately I have not been getting very much sleep because I lay awake for a lot of the night. There are so many thoughts that I have had ever since camp finished (well even before then). I am headed into my senior year of college and that is a pretty scary thought. In the Spring I will be student teaching, but I have no idea where yet. That is just one of the many things that I think about because I would like to know and I know that there is so much that goes along with that whole experience. I am so worried about so many things that I shouldn't be worried about, but the sinful human nature in me causes me to worry about them and have millions of questions running through my mind about the next year of this chapter in my life. Sometimes I feel like I am stuck and I don't want to go back to school because I am afraid of what is to come, but other times I can't wait to get back and get it over with and on to the next chapter of my life.

A couple days ago I was reading a book and the following Bible verse was in the section that I read: "Never worry about anything. But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks." Philippians 4:6 Since then I have been thinking about this and trying not to worry about all the things that I have to get done before the next school year starts. I created a list and today I finally started getting a few things crossed off and it felt good and some of that worry started going away. My hope is that I remember to trust in God instead of worrying because He has the perfect plan for me and it has been planned that way for a very long time and that gives me hope. He is with us all the time and will get us through everything because He knows the storms that we can weather, but He is going to be there with us helping through those times. Since the beginning He has been there for us and He will be there until the end. I started this chapter of my life 3 years ago and in May I will end it and begin a new one. What we need to remember is that we need to keep God in the center of our lives. Not just our church lives, but EVERY single part of it. Not just a thought here and there where He is kind of behind the curtain waiting for the right time, but He needs to be at the very center so that we are constantly reminded of every great blessing He gives us.

Remember that in everything you do you need to keep God in the center of your life.
Justina Marie